Businessman Joe Mallahan has moved out to an eight-point lead over lawyer Mike McGinn in the race for Seattle mayor, according to the new Washington Poll, while Dow Constantine is ahead of Susan Hutchison in the contest for King County executive. …

King County’s next executive will take office at a time when the county’s ability to deliver basic services like law enforcement, public health and human services is under severe pressure. Huge projected deficits stretch out for years. Candidate Susan Hutchison says the only way to fix the situation is to change leadership. …

The Seattle Taxi Owners Association sent a letter Wednesday demanding that King County executive candidate Susan Hutchison apologize for saying that taxi drivers endorsed her during Tuesday night’s debate. …

County executive candidate Susan Hutchison said during a debate Tuesday night she supports running light rail over the Highway 520 bridge instead of the Interstate 90 route that voters approved – a statement her opponent Dow Constantine said shows she is lining up behind big money interests who want to kill expanded mass transit. …

King County executive candidate Dow Constantine on Tuesday said the people paying for independent ads attacking him need his opponent, Susan Hutchison, to further their anti-transit and anti-environmental goals. …

After a political action committee funded by conservative interests paid for an attack ad against King County executive candidate Dow Constantine, a PAC funded by labor and liberal interests has responded with a strike at Constantine’s opponent – Susan Hutchison. …